Chandrayaan 2 Launch highlights: Next stop Moon as India salutes ISRO

The mission seeks to explore the unchartered Lunar south pole by landing a rover and will be launched onboard GSLV-Mk0III-M1 from Sriharikota.

Written By Zee Media Bureau | Edited By: Tanweer Azam | Last Updated: Jul 22, 2019, 06:01 PM IST | Source:

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 on Monday at 2:43 PM. The mission seeks to explore the unchartered Lunar south pole by landing a rover and will be launched onboard GSLV-Mk0III-M1 from Sriharikota. The Rs 978 crore mission will be launched from the second launchpad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, over 100km from Chennai.

It may be recalled that ISRO had aborted the launch of Chandrayaan-2 on July 15 (Sunday) due to a technical snag which was spotted just 56 minutes before the planned launch of the ambitious mission. The 20-hour countdown for the launch began at 6.43pm on Sunday.

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Here are the highlights from the Chandrayaan-2 launch:

22 July 2019

17:59 IST

A super successful day for ISRO and all of India as Chandrayaan 2 makes its way towards Moon. September is not too far ahead in time and it will give yet another opportunity to India to make history.

That's all the updates from today's developments. Recap the magnificent moments of the day below.

17:59 IST

A super successful day for ISRO and all of India as Chandrayaan 2 makes its way towards Moon. September is not too far ahead in time and it will give yet another opportunity to India to make history.

That's all the updates from today's developments. Recap the magnificent moments of the day below.

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